Author : John McGrath (Guitarist)
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781472475374
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)
Book Synopsis Samuel Beckett, Repetition and Modern Music by : John McGrath (Guitarist)
Download or read book Samuel Beckett, Repetition and Modern Music written by John McGrath (Guitarist) and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music abounds in twentieth-century Irish literature. Whether it be the 'thought-tormented' music of Joyce's 'The Dead', or the four-part threnody in Beckett's Watt, it is clear that the influence of music on the written word in Ireland is deeply significant. Samuel Beckett arguably went further than any other in the incorporation of musical ideas into his work. John McGrath discusses the ways in which Beckett utilized extreme repetition to create texts that operate and are received more like music. An investigation into how this Beckettian 'musicalized fiction' has been retranslated into contemporary music forms the second half of the book.